Patents by Inventor Christopher Studwell Wolf

Christopher Studwell Wolf has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bi-directional speed test method and system for customer premises equipment (CPE) devices
    Patent number: 10880196
    Abstract: At a customer premises equipment (CPE) device in a broadband network, an invocation of a speed test by an auto-configuration server (ACS) is obtained. The invocation includes an activity detection threshold and an activity detection period. Responsive to the invocation, average interface utilization for the customer premises equipment (CPE) device is determined over the activity detection period. Responsive to the determining indicating that the average interface utilization for the customer premises equipment (CPE) device over the activity detection period does not exceed the activity detection threshold, the customer premises equipment (CPE) device cooperates with a speed test server to execute a speed test on the customer premises equipment (CPE) device using a speed test tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Studwell Wolf, Shlomo Ovadia, Christopher G. Turner
  • BI-DIRECTIONAL SPEED TEST METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT (CPE) DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190230017
    Abstract: At a customer premises equipment (CPE) device in a broadband network, an invocation of a speed test by an auto-configuration server (ACS) is obtained. The invocation includes an activity detection threshold and an activity detection period. Responsive to the invocation, average interface utilization for the customer premises equipment (CPE) device is determined over the activity detection period. Responsive to the determining indicating that the average interface utilization for the customer premises equipment (CPE) device over the activity detection period does not exceed the activity detection threshold, the customer premises equipment (CPE) device cooperates with a speed test server to execute a speed test on the customer premises equipment (CPE) device using a speed test tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Studwell Wolf, Shlomo Ovadia, Christopher G. Turner